MKDIR Command with date stamp for folder name

[boxplan]

I would like to use the MkDIR command to create a directory with a name that is a date stamp. How do I retrieve the date (now) from the system and return it as a string that I can use with MkDir?

(New to VB!!)

Thanks in advance,

 

[RickSpr]

Format(Now(), "mm-dd-yy&quot is one way.

You can get Format to return many different styles of date strings. Look up the Format function in the help file, then click See Also and choose "User-defined date/time formats". Rick Sprague

 

[boxplan]

Thanks RickSpr,

I'm not clear on how to get to become the directory name created with MkDir.

 

[edderic]

MkDir "c:\mydir" ???
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[RickSpr]

Format() returns a string. Save the string in a variable. Use the variable name as part of the argument to MkDir. For example:
strTodaysDate = Format(Now(), "mm-dd-yy&quot
MkDir CurDir & "\" & strTodaysDate
If you ran this today while your current directory was C:\My Documents, it would create a directory C:\My Documents\03-17-01. Rick Sprague